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I've watched a few games both home and away on TV this season. This includes the highlights packages offered by Sky and ITV. At no point in any of those broadcasts have I seen any reference to this being out 150th anniversary season. You wouldn't know about it. They've done nothing to update or alter the club badge for the occasion, nothing to introduce a commemorative home shirt (quite the opposite it is one of the least unique and recognisable home shirts in club history, including the halves being wrong), they've got a random away shirt that we've worn a couple of times with town 'landmarks' on it but I'm struggling to understand the relevance of that to our 150th anniversary. As far as I can see (from a distance) there's nothing at Ewood to commemorate this occasion. You might expect boards around the ground, flashing advertisements, flags. Nothing. The pitiful banner on the BBE effort seems to have been abandoned after one game and not seen since. What would I want / expect to see for our 150th? 1) A new or temporary club crest for the season - perhaps in gold or altered to make reference to the occasion - so that anyone who sees it recognises it is different and special 2) Programmes (digital and paper) being reintroduced even just for the season and each edition being comprehensive and accurate about significant occasions and people from our long history - plenty of material to go at 3) A proper anniversary shirt worn for the whole season that would be immediately recognisable as different and unique and be worn by players and fans all season long (not a sticker on the back of the neck that nobody can see from any distance). Not worn on one day only (why limit such an occasion to one afternoon?). 4) A proper range of merchandise to celebrate the occasion - not a few t-shirts of dismal quality 5) A new timeline being introduced with it being permanently installed around the ground or an exhibition open in the Darwen End lounge each home game with food and drink available 6) A fixture against opposition of some relevance or stature in the game. Perhaps Athletic Bilbao or similar. Yes someone who costs money and effort to bring here and organise - good things cost money you see. 7) A club documentary - released on Youtube and media channels - make it a feature length film presented by a 'legend' or two chronicling it all the way from start to present (preferably ignoring the last 15 years of hell).

I can only see a heavy defeat for this one. Here's some of Coventrys results, sheff wed 0 Coventry 5; Millwall 0 Coventry 4; Coventry 7 q.p.r. 1.

Bit of a difference between being unsure on a few problem positions for an England team in 9 months time, whilst still giving opinions on the players in those positions for the sake of discussion. And actively avoiding any issue that could potentially reflect bad on Rovers for fear of being critical. I would probably say Pickford, James, Stones, Guehi, Livramento, Rice, Wharton, Saka, Bellingham, Gordon, Kane. But im not convinced that will be the case so far in advance.

I hope we celebrate by beating Derby.

Bolton, Wolves, Derby all traditional old clubs like ourselves. The league game is therefore enough just like it was for the 100th and 125th, plus play in a one off kit, job done. If you are going to have an additional game you surely don’t just have a 40 minute kick about between amateurs and a bunch of 50/60 year olds an hour after the game - either do it properly or don’t bother.

Personally chaddy I would have wanted the Game to have been played seperate.Top UK or Foreign oppostion to garner interest and see a very healthy crowd on the day. A celebration of the Club as an open day,a fair,Museum of Historical items,Special programme,guided tours of Ewood etc. MAKE AN EFFORT. And all this to have been advertised in the LT for weeks pre event....OH DEAR!😲 😲

Did you expect more than a League game against Bolton for the 100th Anniversary? We've done exactly the same for this Anniversary as the 100th and 125th. All I'm saying is what is the difference in terms of an Anniversary match. They have all been regular League games played on or as close to 5th November as possible.

Throughout this thread several posts have highlighted what was suggested by e.g. WATR. My view (again FWIW) is that (as @Parsonblue) highlighted - marking the league game closest to the anniversary is fine. Personally I think tacking on the extra match (especially in this form) is no more than paying lip-service to the idea of a celebration…it’s half-arsed. A pre-season friendly against say Athletic Bilbao would have been a great way to kick off (!) the celebratory season. The book in principle sounds great…but like many on here I fear for the quality/content & independence of the editorial. A special shirt again - sounds great, but I’ll keep my powder dry until I’ve actually seen it. In summary Chaddy - it’s less about the “what” but more about the “how” the club does things these days…

Genuine question, what do people actually want as the 150th anniversary?

A respected Club historian too.Go figure!

The lad is made out of biscuits or something,, injured again Shame for him

Parson has made it clear that he has fundamentally no issue with how the club is being run.

That's an odd post from you Parsons to say the least.🤔 The whole organization of this event smacks of cheap,shoddy desperation....the vast majority of fans expected better tbh. Everyone to their own I suppose.

The LEAGUE match is the Anniversary game, just as the the 100th and 125th Anniversaries were League games. The Old Etonians seems to be an added extra. There is a book, just as there was for the 100th and 125th. Sorry, I just don't get the outrage over this particular point.

I did 1988/90 before moving with work to Birmingham. Wormwood Scrubs on a Sunday morning was quite the thing!

FWIW my take is that by tacking on a “celebratory match” of this dubious quality is symptomatic of the typically half-arsed efforts of the current regime who seem to know the price of everything & the value of nothing. The constant tinkering of the home kit to make it look more like a Grasshoppers or Feyenoord variant, the removal of the historic timeline outside Ewood, the shockingly bad 150th merchandise…the overwhelming sense is that nobody in charge cares enough. A match to celebrate the 150th…against a team that actually beat us in an FA Cup final…it just feels…shoddy.

For our 100th Anniversary we played a League game v Bolton. For our 125th Anniversary we played a League game v Wolves. For our 150th Anniversary we have a League game v Derby County + the Old Etonians game. Not sure why the uproar about this game when the previous two anniversary games took place without comment at the time.

As opposed to getting him to sign a new contract at the going rate

As opposed to playing his whole career with Rovers?

Is this a freebie invite or the one you have to fork out £230 for? If i do get my invite (🙀🤣🤣🤣) it will be returned with a wee message of rejection.

My guess is he wants someone else to pay his tax bill. So he could be out of work for some time.

He would have been taxed loads if he had taken the job

Great avoidance of answering the question. Maybe think about this when you called out others for not answering questions next time @roversfan99

RIP Ian Watkins. NOT!! His protection money must have run out.

I am. Something has happened during the talks. “The timing isn’t right” doesn’t ring true. Gerrard surely wouldn’t have wasted his and everybody else’s time flying up for talks if he didn’t think it was the right time.